Vempire will debut Roman era game in The Sandbox
Vempire DDAO has announced it is developing Hack and Slash, a blockchain-based combat game set in ancient Rome within The Sandbox virtual world platform....
Embracer Group buys Perfect World Entertainment for $125M
Embracer Group has agreed to buy Perfect World Entertainment from China’s Perfect World for $125 million in cash and stock. Under the deal, Embracer...
Dynasty Studios raises $5M to take traditional games into blockchain
Dynasty Studios has raised $5 million to build blockchain games that appeal to mainstream gamers. It’s a case of another mainstream game studio moving...
Ubisoft partners with Aleph.im on blockchain games
Aleph.im has partnered with Ubisoft to bring playable nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to triple-A games such as Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. Aleph.im is a...
Zynga teams with Forte to take blockchain games to the mainstream
Social gaming firm Zynga and blockchain infrastructure startup Forte have teamed up to create blockchain games based on Zynga’s gaming brands. The idea is...
Whaleapp hits 40M mobile game downloads thanks to Blitz: Rise of Heroes
Whaleapp has hit 40 million mobile game downloads thanks to Blitz: Rise of Heroes, the first midcore title that the casual game maker has...
The Game Awards 2021 hits a record 85M livestream views
The Game Awards 2021 hit a new record of 85 million livestream views for its December 9 broadcast of awards and game announcements. The...
Rec Room social gaming platform raises $145M at $3.5B valuation
Social gaming platform Rec Room has raised $145 million at a $3.5 billion valuation. The funding round comes just nine months after the company...
Splinter Cell remake, NFTs, and GOTY voting | GB Decides 227
[iframe src=”https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/16uQAxXhR6tr8B2a0KAh4u?utm_source=generator” width=”100%” height=”232″ frameBorder=”0″ allowfullscreen=”” allow=”autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture”] GamesBeat Decides tackles the big issues this week. That includes NPD sales for...
Tencent acquires Back 4 Blood and Left 4 Dead dev Turtle Rock Studios
Tencent today announced it has acquired Slamfire Inc., the parent company of game developer Turtle Rock Studios. Turtle Rock is best known as the...